Ceasefire monitors accuse UVF of trying to wipe out LVF
The body set up to monitor paramilitary ceasefires in the North has concluded that the Ulster Volunteer Force is trying to wipe out the rival Loyalist Volunteer Force.
In a report published today, the Independent Monitoring Commission said the recent feud between the two groups was the worst violence it had been asked to investigate since its establishment a year-and-a-half ago.
It said the Progressive Unionist Party had lost control over the UVF, which had decided that the time was now right to "finish off" the LVF.
The IMC said the UVF was responsible for four murders carried in July and August as part of the feud, as well as some 38 others attacks.
The LVF was blamed for 11 attacks.
The British Government has already withdrawn its recognition of the UVF ceasefire after receiving a copy of the report earlier this month.
